Collins v. Stroup’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “2. The subscription must be made in the presence of the attesting witnesses, or be acknowledged by the testator to them to have been made by him or by his authority.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Johnson's Estate

2. “4. There must be two attesting witnesses, each of whom must sign his name as a witness at the end of the will at the testator's request and in his presence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Johnson's Estate

3. “1. It must be subscribed at the end thereof by the testator himself, or some person in his presence and by his direction must subscribe his name thereto;”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In Re Woodburn's Estate